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Yep, Serious Sam 3 is still being worked on photo

While 3D Realms may have recently bit the dust, Croteam wants to remind us all that Serious Sam 3 is still happening. In an update on the company's Web site, we're told that the gang is "pretty close in signing the publishing deal."

As for the military game Croteam was working on, "development was halted some time ago by investors and publishers." The developer was "doing a 'work-for-hire' development there, so after the game was put on hold, there was nothing more to do" and the studio "moved back to [its] projects."

Croteam CEO Roman Ribaric goes on to say that "Obviously, the above also means that our next title won't be published by Gamecock, as contrary to last year's published press release by Gamecock."

Here's hoping we hear more about the next Serious Sam around E3 time, which is rapidly approaching. Even if we don't, I'll settle for some more details on any of the team's other projects.

[Via -SD- on NeoGAF]








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Phantom Spaceman's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 16:03
Phantom Spaceman
If that's not an intense screenshot, I don't know what is.
seltzermx's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 16:06
seltzermx
"Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh yourself!!"
Best line ever.
Novakaine's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 16:07
Novakaine
@Phantom Spaceman: No kidding. Holy freakin' shit. Is that a render from the game, or an actual screenshot, or what?
Chris Carter's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 16:08
Chris Carter
Great. Another shooter, starring another one-trick pony character.

Serious Sam 3 to become Serious Sam Forever?
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 16:08
Chronic Logic
Fuck YEA! Serious Sam 2 was kind of a let down. I hope Serious Sam 3 is as action paced and goofy as Serious Sam 1. Only problem with the series is that it gets kind of repetetive. I hope they can figure a way to solve that.
KaliKot's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 16:09
KaliKot
All I remember from the old games was that it was fun for an hour, it was hard as hell, I felt dizzy after playing it, and the plot was senseless
CRAZYAPE69's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 16:13
CRAZYAPE69
Ermmm......cool?
Gibb's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 16:15
Gibb
Ah, this will fill the Duke Nukem and Doom void.
Luke Barnard's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 16:16
Luke Barnard
serious sam wishes he was duke nukem so bad.
Vyruz's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 16:27
Vyruz
I think I heard that this time, instead of a all-out shooter, Serious Sam 3 is going to be a tactical shooter.
How they're going to pull that one off is beyond me.
They also advertised "water physics"... I think it's only cosmetical.
Jinky Williams's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 16:31
Jinky Williams
@Luke Barnard: Serious Sam is Duke's cousin. Or brother. Sam Nukem. Or maybe he's an alternate-universe Duke.

@KaliKot: Yeah, pretty much. Which rocks the house. Vast waves of enemies flying at you from all directions, with different gimmicks (rotating cylindrical rooms, etc.) to keep you guessing.

This game is still, in my mind, the most fidelious spiritual successor to the original DOOM: Shooting away at enemies with impossibly manly weapons of mass destruction, and always running out of health before running out of ammo. The plot was the glue that held the game together, just like in Tony Jaa movies (A string of awesome fight scenes and choreographic sequences loosely held together with some bit of plot right up to the end, where the broken bodies of myriad nameless redshirts litter the ground when Tony goes Super-Sayan-lvl256-Kiiiiiiing Combo on them with elephant-bone tonfas). And that's how these games should be: Unbridled killin' and shoot'nin with ridiculously-over-the-top weaponry and one-liners up the gazoo.

They need to make some kind of Ash-Sam-Duke mega-entity.
japan's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 17:00
japan
looks like something out of rampage.
Rucksack's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 17:06
Rucksack
I picked up the Serious Sam collection for the Xbox a few years ago just because of the text on the back of the box. It was something along the lines of "We don't know what's going on but...it's serious!".

It was the best 10 bucks I ever spent on a game.
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 17:20
Wedge
What the fuck? Even Serious Sam feels compelled to go with the grey washed out "realistic" look now? Fucking fail. I'll just stick to Painkiller.
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 17:22
Los255
This was being developed? DO WANT.
Lucca's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 17:39
Lucca
Serious Sam - the only real product that sells from Croatia. :)
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 18:15
Dan CiTi
Serious Sam 1 & 2 are amazing, super fun games. I hope this actually goes somewhere. I had no idea it was being done in the first place either.

Also Serious Sam games are way better than Duke Nukem games anyway.
Naim Master's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 19:10
Naim Master
@magnalon
Duke Nukem has semi-nude woman , Serious Sam has exploding disproportionally big heads; the difference is striking .

@dan city
Project Manhatan is better than SS games , but all the other duke games are kinda poor ....
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 19:24
DaedHead8
@wedge

I have to agree with you, the gritty look doesn't suit Sam well at all. I'm still hyped for this game though. I love FPSs with old school sensibilities.
dirtyd89's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 20:09
dirtyd89
When is this game coming out?
Is it multiplatform?
Is it only for the PC?
What's happening?
The Prodigal Son's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 20:28
The Prodigal Son
@DaedHead8: Old school sensibilities are great. I wish another Painkiller would come out that didn't suck a big fat demon cock.
Demtor's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 22:49
Demtor
Haha, some of the most random fun I've had in an FPS, I love Serious Sam games.
ThatOtherPerson's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2009 02:09
ThatOtherPerson
Cool :) I love Serious Sam games. There fun in its purist form.
brimtastic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2009 03:58
brimtastic
After the Duke's demise, this is exactly the kind of news needed. Although, I agrees: saturation levels need to be increased. If I don't have a headache and feel like I'm bleeding from my eyes due to the bright colours, it just won't be the same.
nanjakowpunc70's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2011 17:42
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